[Summit] suspicious behavior

[barfootjim]

  Knowledge is power. Get to know your neighbors all up and down the  
street. Speak to each other, know who definitely belongs. Know who is  
really having work done. Let's get the reputation as the neighborhood  
of 10,000 eyes. Besides, there are lots of really interesting people  
who live in this neighborhood. You might find some good friends.

On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Karen Klingon wrote:

> All,
>
> I didn't see the hair color of the man on Chace Avenue this  
> afternoon; his hair was short and hidden by his ball cap.
>
> The way he walked over and stood very close to the license plate on  
> his truck, hiding it from view as my husband drove by, struck me as  
> particularly suspicious. Perhaps he would have had to walk down  
> someone's driveway to merit a call to the police--I don't know. But  
> both my husband and I felt something was going on. This guy  
> definitely noticed us watching him and was squirming because of it.
>
> Karen
>
> This man could see that we were watching him, and he didn't like it.
> On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:28 PM, Paul Wilde wrote:
>
>> Karen, Neighbors & Friends,
>>
>> First, thank you Karen for your post this evening regarding the  
>> silver
>> pickup and driver.
>> Did you notice the hair color of the male?
>>
>> A few days ago there was a silver pickup in front of 72 Summit Ave.
>> It was a small chevy, about the size of the Tacoma you mentioned.   
>> The
>> driver had gray hair, late 50s to 60, w/ a ball cap.  The plate  
>> was RI
>> 71492.  He stopped in front of the house as I was driving by and sat
>> there at least until I was out of sight.  Why is this suspicious?  I
>> learned yesterday from a neighbor that the same house has had it's
>> copper pipes stripped out not once, but twice in the last few weeks.
>> About two days before this conversation,  I saw a larger, white flat
>> bed truck parked in front of the same house.  This time I walked over
>> to the house and politely asked the fellow who was taking trash bags
>> and an old TV set that had been lying in the driveway, where all of
>> this was going.  He said that the previous owner had wanted it to go
>> to this fellow's boss, Dave.  The truck was a RISD maintenance truck,
>> so I didn't think too much more about it at the time.  Then I learned
>> later this house had been robbed of its copper piping twice in a few
>> weeks.
>>
>> Another disturbing event occurred yesterday.  A bright yellow van
>> (passenger, not panel)
>> was driving slowly down the center of Memorial Rd and stopping in
>> front of houses. I went and asked if I could help him.  He was rather
>> forward and confident and asked if I owned the house down the hill  
>> and
>> did I want him to fix the wall in front of the house.
>> His suggested fix seemed very inappropriate.  I asked him for
>> references.  He gave me his card and told me he had just finished a
>> wall for a doctor at 37 Hope St.
>>
>> Guess what?   There is  no 37 Hope St. and now wall or doctor's  
>> office
>> anywhere in sight.
>> His truck had dark glass on the sides of the back seat.  There seemed
>> to be 4 people in the van.  The driver was about 60, well tanned,
>> balding, wearing two gold rings, one on each hand.  He was of stocky
>> build, probably under 5'9", but that judging from him seated
>> behind the wheel.
>>
>> The side of the truck read:  "Stanley Window Replacement and Home
>> Repair".  The card asserts that he is a member of the Better Business
>> Bureau.  We found this not to be the case.  There are many google  
>> hits
>> to his business name, most of which reveal absolutely nothing.  The
>> phone # on the web site, for his business address, is not a  
>> working #.
>> The # on his card is his home #.  One of the people in the back seat
>> appeared to be about 25 or younger w/ short hair.  I could only tell
>> this through the dark glass because he had his face quite close to  
>> the
>> glass as he was peering at me during my conversation w/ the driver,
>> whose name is George, maybe Stanley, maybe not.
>>
>> In our block captain meeting the other day, Lt. Schavulli said that
>> there has to be something definitely suspicious about someone's
>> behavior to report it.  The more specific the details, the more
>> helpful.  Generally, crimes in progress, and crimes where violence is
>> involved, seemed to take precedence over break ins that had already
>> occurred.  Break ins in progress get higher priority.  Call 272-1111
>> for the most immediate response from our local police to crime or
>> seriously suspicious behavior, not 911 which makes response time in
>> such situations much slower.
>>
>> Do continue to report suspicious behavior (remember, why is it
>> suspicious) to the SNA list, and include Lt. Schavulli's in the post.
>> If we report suspicious behavior, and the same characters keep  
>> turning
>> up, I think that would give good cause to call the police when one of
>> these regularly profiled characters turns up doing something that
>> qualifies as suspicious.
>>
>> People, please post these things.  It's the only way we have of
>> getting a grip on this situation.  The police are very overworked and
>> fairly understaffed in this district, the largest in the city.  We  
>> are
>> the eyes and ears.  We need to keep each other stay informed.  These
>> characters easily move from street to street, or even a few streets
>> away, and without our vigilance, the same scenario gets played out
>> over & over again.
>>
>> Thanks for reading this rather long post.
>>
>> warmest regards,
>> Paul
>>
>> PS  Remember, we are trying to catch the thieves, not flame each  
>> other
>> on the list.  Everyone sees with slightly different eyes and
>> perspective.  Be respectful of this when replying to posts.
>>
>> PPS  We can always use more block captains.  Write to Monica  
>> Anderson,
>> or myself, for help if you want to get involved.  Several new people
>> have stepped up to the plate at last week's meeting.  Thank you
>> everyone.
>
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